Secretly Married to the Ice-Cold CEO
Chapter 155: You Haven’t Given Up on Him?

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: You Haven’t Given Up on Him?

An Junxi played with her colleagues for a while, and when she passed by the orchard, she saw Zhang Miaoyan sitting alone under a tree. She asked Xiaoyu to take Jin Xiu to play and went over to Zhang Miaoyan: "Miaoyan, why are you sitting here alone? My colleagues are all really nice people. There’s food over there too. Come join us?"

Zhang Miaoyan wasn’t interested and said, "Xiao Yang asked me to wait for him here. I’ll sit for a while longer."

"Yue Xiaoyang and the others are chatting with the teacher. It will take a while."

Zhang Miaoyan asked, "Where are they?"

An Junxi pointed the way for her: "Just go straight ahead and turn right; that’s where the teacher’s house is. I’ll take you there."

At this moment, He Tian and the others called out to An Junxi from a distance: "Junxi, the charcoal is ready. We can grill now!"

Gu Jin Xiu also called her: "Junxi, come quickly!" He couldn’t call her "Mommy" in front of others, so he called her name like an adult, and he did it quite smoothly.

The food today was specially provided by a hotel, so there was no need to grill anything ourselves. They were just enjoying the fun of grilling.

Zhang Miaoyan stood up and said, "You take care of your colleagues. I’ll go by myself."

"Alright then," An Junxi instructed her, "If you find their conversation boring, come and find me."

"Alright."

An Junxi turned to find her colleagues while Zhang Miaoyan followed her directions to the courtyard entrance.

Yue Xiaoyang happened to come out from inside and asked when he saw her at the door, "Why did you come over here?"

Zhang Miaoyan avoided his gaze and said, "Uh... just wandering around."

Yue Xiaoyang didn’t think much of it and asked again, "Have you seen Xiaoyu?"

He couldn’t sit still any longer; he had to find her and make things clear.

Zhang Miaoyan responded, "They are barbecuing over by the orchard."

Yue Xiaoyang rushed off like the wind.

Zhang Miaoyan didn’t dare to enter the house and disturb them, so she wandered around the courtyard and found a corner where she could hear the conversation inside, and sat down quietly.

Here, she could hear his voice.

Since the unpleasant incident last time, she hadn’t seen him.

His look of disgust when he saw her was still clear in her mind, and she felt like dying every time she thought of it.

Why did he have to be so heartless towards her?

When Yue Xiaoyang reached the orchard, Gu Jin Xiu called out to him from afar to join them for barbecue, but he wasn’t in the mood. After looking around and not finding Gong Xiaoyu, he asked An Junxi, "Junxi, where’s Xiaoyu?"

Busy brushing sauce on chicken wings, An Junxi glanced at him and finally realized he was anxious.

She didn’t really want to talk to him, "My senior has someone with her; why do you want to join?"

Yue Xiaoyang flared up and asked angrily, "Why is that Yu Zheng always following her?"

An Junxi laughed and retorted, "Yu Zheng is just being a good host. How polite of him. Besides, what’s it got to do with you?"

Yue Xiaoyang couldn’t find any way to vent his anger, so he punched the nearby tree trunk. The branches shook, and leaves fell down.

Furious, An Junxi shouted, "You dirtied my chicken wings! Get away!"

Yue Xiaoyang nearly exploded, "An Junxi, don’t think just because you have Yi Ke backing you, I will...."

"What will you do?"

Yue Xiaoyang swallowed his anger furiously; of course, he couldn’t do anything.

Seeing their tempers flaring more than the grill, Gu Jin Xiu intervened, "I know where Sister Xiao Yu is, Uncle Yue. I’ll take you to her."

An Junxi glared at him, Little traitor!

Gu Jin Xiu smiled ingratiatingly at An Junxi; he knew Mommy wouldn’t really be mad.

Yue Xiaoyang, relieved, said, "Hurry, now I know I haven’t spoiled you for nothing."

Gu Jin Xiu set his hotdog down and led the way for Yue Xiaoyang.

An Junxi called after Yue Xiaoyang, "Miaoyan went to look for you just now. Didn’t find you?"

Yue Xiaoyang casually responded, "I saw her. She wasn’t looking for me."

An Junxi felt uneasy. She quickly reassured herself, Don’t overthink, Don’t overthink.

She continued turning the chicken wings, but her eyes couldn’t help but wander towards the courtyard. Eventually, she couldn’t sit still anymore, telling Lin Yuanqing, "Watch these chicken wings for me. I’m going to find Yi Ke."

Lin Yuanqing, amidst the chaotic fun, took a moment to respond, "Alright, I’ll watch them. You go ahead."

An Junxi headed towards the courtyard, mentally whispering, Zhang Miaoyan, I hope I haven’t trusted you wrongly.

Zhang Miaoyan had been sitting in the corner, chin in her hands, listening intently for quite a while. As she stood up, she thought sneaking a peek at him shouldn’t be a problem, right?

She carefully walked to the grape trellis and tiptoed to look into the window, but she could only see the tops of their heads, not their faces.

There were a few bricks on the ground nearby. Zhang Miaoyan stacked them together and, holding onto the trellis, stood up awkwardly. As she lifted her head, she saw Yu Chen’s face.

Yu Chen happened to be looking out the window. Their eyes met, and his expression shifted from shock to disgust, then to barely contained anger.

Terrified, Zhang Miaoyan lost her balance and fell backwards.

She didn’t dare make a sound and desperately clung to the trellis. Fortunately, she didn’t fall, but she did sprain her ankle.

Zhang Miaoyan gritted her teeth; the pain in her ankle was nothing compared to the panic in her heart.

She had been caught. What now?

Inside the house, Yu Chen set down his teacup and said calmly, "I need to step out for a moment."

Gu Yikun didn’t mind and nodded, continuing to chat with the teacher.

Yu Chen walked out, no longer hiding his seething anger, and strode towards the courtyard.

Zhang Miaoyan limped a few steps; she needed to leave quickly to avoid being caught red-handed by Yu Chen.

Her sprained ankle couldn’t support her weight, and Zhang Miaoyan, drenched in cold sweat, tripped over a vine on the ground.

Just as she tried to stand again, the ground in front of her darkened.

She shakily looked up, and Yu Chen was standing before her.

His eyes of disdain left her breathless, and she opened her mouth to say, "I wasn’t..."

Yu Chen didn’t listen. He forcefully pulled her up and dragged her roughly to the corridor outside.

An Junxi came from the fake mountain by the pond, heading towards the corridor, and ended up seeing Yu Chen and Zhang Miaoyan at the corner.

Her brain reacted faster than her body, instinctively stepping back, standing blankly. What were they doing here?

An Junxi didn’t dare to peek; she strained her ears to listen to their conversation,

Yu Chen cornered Zhang Miaoyan against the wall, staring intently at her, "Why were you spying on Yi Ke? Are you still not over him?"

"I wasn’t..."

"I saw you!"

Zhang Miaoyan fell silent.

An Junxi’s mind went blank; her guess was right.

Her heart sank, feeling more hurt than disappointed.

Zhang Miaoyan had betrayed her trust.

Seeing her speechless, Yu Chen sneered, "Zhang Miaoyan, Yi Ke is a married man now. He’s living a good life. Why must you be so disgraceful and interfere?"

Tears welled up in Zhang Miaoyan’s eyes, "You’re calling me disgraceful?"